Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1864. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, JULIA DOMNA, CARACALLA & GETA. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.22 gm). Struck 202 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Facing draped bust of Julia Domna; Caracalla on left facing right, laureate, draped and cuirassed; Geta on right facing left, bare headed, draped and cuirassed. RIC IV 181c; BMCRE 380 var. (Caracalla and geta draped only); Cohen 5. Near VF, pierced twice above Severus' head, both plugged. ($1500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.